HC Deb 20 March 1979 vol 964 c511W
Mr. Lee

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prosecutions have been instituted in England and Wales of persons accused of being fraudulent spiritualist mediums; and if he is satisfied with the present state of the law on this matter.

Mr. John

Over the years 1971–74 and 1976–77—information is not available for 1975—five persons were proceeded against for offences against section 1 of the Fraudulent Mediums Act 1951. The need for such an offence falls within the Law Commission's work on the law of conspiracy to defraud.